The third umpire in the fourth Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Sharfuddoula Saikat, raised eyebrows with his decisions in the match that was played on Day 5 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). The 48-year-old Bangladeshi umpire made a wrong decision when India’s opener, Yashasvi Jaiswal was given out caught behind though there was no spike on the snickometer.

On the final day of the fourth test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, when Yashasvi Jaiswal got dismissed, it was essentially the moment that sealed the win for Australia, since the match finished dramatically, with a lot of controversies. Jaiswal had a good innings, making 84 runs from 208 balls, and it looked like India could manage a draw to push the series into a final match in Sydney but then, India broke down in the last session, and Australia won an important game by 184 runs, moving ahead 2-1 in the series.

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The left-handed batter got into a conflict when he tried to hit a ball down the leg side from Pat Cummins and ended up being caught by Alex Carey. At first, umpire Joel Wilson said he wasn't out but then Cummins did not agree and asked for a review. The review got passed to another umpire from Bangladesh named Sharfuddoula Saikat. When they looked at the replay, you could definitely see the ball brush against Jaiswal's gloves. Although, what was abnormal was when they checked the monitor, it didn't show any spikes or sudden changes, which was unexpected

THIRD UMPIRE RULES AGAINST YASHASVI JAISWAL! 💔

A HEARTBREAKING DECISION FOR JAISWAL AS HE IS GIVEN OUT! #INDvsAUSpic.twitter.com/94zH5Q08qH

— Sports World 🏏⚽. (@ShamimSports) December 30, 2024

Snicko doesn't match visual feedback

Sharfuddoula saw something strange with Jaiswal's glove and an unusual change in how the ball moved, so he didn't simply go with what the evidence showed. Instead, he looked at more camera angles. He told Wilson to change his original decision because he spotted a dent on Jaiswal's glove, along with how abnormal the ball's path looked, even though the evidence didn't show any obvious hit.

Jaiswal was understandably upset and tried to reason with the umpires, but Wilson and his colleague Michael Gough stood by the decision, marking the beginning of the end for India as it broke apart their last solid batting partnership.

The good part is, Sharfuddoula is going to be the umpire in the final test at the SCG too. People have really noticed how intelligent and informed he is when making decisions because he seems to have a good gut feeling regarding them. He's not new to this at all he's been an umpire in 130 international games, with 15 of those being test matches and he's been the TV umpire 67 times. This experience makes him one of the umpires who's been around the scene for quite a while, knowing his material in cricket.